The Portland daily press., 1887-11-30
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland will spend
the holidays in the White House, which will
be the first visit to it since she abdicated the
proud position of its mistress.
An Australian edition Of Scribner's Maya
zine has been arranged for by the publishers,
and the magazine will be issued simulta-
neously in Melbourne, Sidney, London and
New York.
The newest fad with society in Paris con-
sists in fixing metal boxes with Sits in the
family of the deceased can know who visits
their dead relatives grave.
Individual loyalty and devotion can scarce
ly 60 further than in the offer of citizen of
Breslau to give up his larynx to the German
Grown, Prince. in case an operation OF ex-
cision becomes necessary. and the surgeons
will undertake to transfer it to the Princes
throat.
1t is said that few years ago the wife OF
General Crook, while travelling in Arizona,
threw away from the car window the re-
mains of some watercress which she had
brought from distant part of the country.
The bits of herb fell into brook and took
root, and now watercress is growing lux
uriantly all through that part of the Terri
tory, where it was entirely unknown before.
The poet Whittier win be so years old on
the 18th of December. At recent meeting
of the Essex Club, in Boston, Senator Hoar
proposed that letter of congratulation be
signed by the President and his Cabinet, the
Justices of the Supreme Court of the United
States, Senators and members of Congress
and distinguished literary people, and that 1t
be bound and presented TO him on his BIRTH
day.
The Washington correspondent of the
Cleveland Leader writes that while Mr..
Bancroft, the historian, is much better in
health than he was few months ago, he
has nevertheless lost much ground within
the last year or more. His weight of years
is beginning to tell plainly upon him. The
other day while out riding he remained so
long that sort of paralysis came over him,
and it was necessary for him to take his bed
and be vigorously rubbed before he recov-
cred.
Thrifty Queen Victoria Is reported to have
written privately to the Emperor William,
urging him to make liberal provision for the
Crown Princess of Germany (the Queens
daughter,) and her family, in the event Of
the death of the Emperor and the Crown
Prince. Otherwise they will be left in very
moderate circumstances. The Emperor is
very wealthy and tits supposed that the great
bulk of his property will 60 to his successor
on the throne. The Queen doesn't want the
Crown Princess and her younger children to
be dependent upon the liberality OF Prince
William.
A leading New York physician, well
known not only as an able surgeon, but an
advanced scientist, ridicules the idea that it
is at all difficult for any one to eat single or
more quail for any given number Of days
He says that game of any kind may be eaten
as steady diet just as can beef or pork. He
cites the fact that sailors eat salt pork-s
pound a day for 1000 days-and what, he
adds, is worse than sailors pork? During
his active connection with the army in the
West many years ago he ate prairie chicken
every day for months, and was glad TO get 1t,
and subsequently ate sage hens for long
time, and did not get sick or become nause-
ated. he concludes by saying that the men
tai disturbance caused by the fear OF not
being able to eat quail day for any given
time on wager is all that there is in the
prevailing idea in not being able to do it.
The Right Honorable Joseph Chamberlain
is one OF the most peculiar of the thousands
of peculiar folks who have Toasted in Del
monico's great dining room, says the New
York Sun. He sat through the long dinner
of the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday
night and listened to the flow Of oratory, and
not the faintest indication of smile or even
interest fitted over his clear-cut features
Secretary Fairchild tried to engage him in
conversation, and Mr.. Depew, his next
neighbor, seemed disposed to make things
pleasant for the stranger. Mr. Chamberlain
with his gold trimmed monocle stuck in hi;
right eye, would show momentary interest il
the courtesy of his two neighbors and re
lapse into his frozen state. He glared
straight ahead, like soldier on dress parade
knaw'' accent, and in his speech of 2,oO(
words only two forlorn and unprotected
periods were accommodated with standing
ROOM 1t was a speech of commas.